So I was foolishly up late watching Paul Rudd and Jimmy Fallon’s lip sync hilarity when the Wall Street Journal and Insideflyer broke the news that Delta was going to a fully revenue based system. I went to bed assuming the worst, but now that some details have emerged, I don’t think things are as dire as everyone makes them out to be…not yet at least. Here are some quick thoughts.
The DIY Guide to Booking Award Tickets – Part IV: Using Wikipedia to Determine Airline Partners
People have different opinions when it comes to booking award tickets with frequent flyer miles. I, for one, love booking award tickets and enjoy the challenge that comes with doing so. Booking award tickets are like puzzles to me and I love solving them. Other people hate booking award tickets, consider them too much of a hassle, or even go so far as to believing their frequent flyer miles are completely worthless. I’ve decided to put a guide together for those of you who fall in between – people who want to book award tickets themselves but feel like they need some pointers. This guide will assume some basic knowledge, namely, that you know how to log in to your frequent flyer account and check your mileage balance. Other than that, the guide is here to help you through the process – hope you find it useful! Feel free to refer to the index at the bottom of the page for other entries.
In Part IV, we will start getting into the more practical aspects of award booking. Using Wikipedia effectively is a way to save time and energy when booking award tickets. Obviously there is a wealth of information out there on wikipedia, but in this post I’ll talk about what I look for in terms of airline partners and how it helps me to book award tickets!
Priority Pass extended my membership even though I cancelled my AMEX Platinum card (sort of but not really)
So if you have an American Express Platinum card, you know that it comes with a hefty $450 annual fee. When I signed up, I got a huge bonus that ameliorated that – but there are other benefits that help offset it as well. At the time I got a $100 global entry reimbursement, two $200 airline fee reimbursements, and free lounge access to AA, US Air, and Delta lounges. The AMEX Platinum also comes with a free membership to Priority Pass, which allows you to get into a bunch of lounges around the world, most of which are not airline specific.
Some Impressions of Bora Bora
So Jess and I have been here for a few days now, and since we’re both dealing with some mild sunburn, we’ve decided to chill for a little while. So here are some of my impressions of Bora Bora thus far!
Getting to Tahiti with AAdvantage Miles
Tahiti (“it’s a magical place”) is a place that many people only dream of going to. To put it bluntly, going to Tahiti is not cheap – even if you use miles for the flights and points for your hotel, you’re still going to have to pay for inter-island flights (although fixed points cards like Barclays Arrival can help with that). And even if you’ve got all that covered, you can’t really use points for food. But you can save thousands of dollars by booking an award ticket and you can do it with AAdvantage miles. Here’s how.
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